Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913, 100,000 entries)Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the box at the right to search all of Enyclo. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Webster > Letter M > Page 54 of 126. « Previous ¦46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 ¦ Next » Mess beef Mess beef Barreled salt beef, packed with about 80 pounds chuck and rump, two flanks, and the rest plates.
Message Mes"sage noun [ French, from Late Latin missaticum , from Latin mittere , missum , to send. See Mission , and confer Messenger .] Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee.Judg. iii. 20. Message Mes"sage transitive verb To bear as a message. [ Obsolete]
Message Mes"sage noun [ Middle English , from Old French message , from Late Latin missaticus . See 1st Message .] A messenger. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Message stick Mes"sage stick A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, esp. by Australian aborigines, to convey information.
Messager Mes"sa·ger noun [ Middle English ] A messenger. [ Obsolete]
Messenger Mes"sen·ger noun [ Middle English messager , Old French messagier , French messager . See Message .] Yon gray linesShak. Messet Mes"set noun A dog. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.]
Messiad Mes·si"ad noun A German epic poem on the Messiah, by Klopstock.
Messiah Mes·si"ah noun [ Hebrew māshīakh anointed, from māshakh to anoint. Confer Messias .] The expected king and deliverer of the Hebrews; the Savior; Christ. And told them the Messiah now was born.Milton. Messiahship Mes·si"ah·ship noun The state or office of the Messiah.
Messianic Mes`si·an"ic adjective Of or relating to the Messiah; as, the Messianic office or character.
Messias Mes·si"as noun [ Late Latin , from Greek .... See Messiah .] The Messiah. I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ.John iv. 25. Messidor Mes`si`dor" noun [ French, from Latin messis harvest.] The tenth month of the French republican calendar dating from September 22, 1792. It began June 19, and ended July 18. See VendÉmiaire .
Messieurs Mes"sieurs noun plural [ F.; plural of monsieur .] Sirs; gentlemen; -- abbreviated to Messrs ., which is used as the plural of Mr .
Messinese Mes`si·nese" adjective Of or pertaining to Messina, or its inhabitans.
Messmate Mess"mate` noun An associate in a mess.
Messuage Mes"suage noun [ Confer Old French mesuage , masnage , Late Latin messuagium , mansionaticum , from Latin mansio , -onis , a staying, remaining, dwelling, from manere , mansum , to stay, remain, English mansion , manse .] (Law) A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and curtilage, and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the household. Cowell. Bouvier. They wedded her to sixty thousand pounds,Tennyson. Mest Mest adjective Most. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Mestee Mes·tee" noun [ See Mestizo .] The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called in the West Indies. [ Written also mustee .]
Mester Mes"ter noun [ Obsolete] See Mister , a trade.
Mestino Mes·ti"no noun ; plural Mestizo Mes·ti"zo noun ; plural Mestling Mest"ling noun A kind of brass. See Maslin . [ Obsolete]
Mesymnicum Me·sym"ni·cum noun [ New Latin , from Greek Met Met imperfect & past participle of Meet .
Met Met obsolete imperfect & past participle of Mete , to measure. Chapman.
Met Met obsolete past participle of Mete , to dream. Chaucer.
Meta-, Met- Met"a-, Met- [ Greek Metabasis Me·tab"a·sis noun ; plural Metabola Me·tab"o·la Metabola Me·tab"o·la Metabolian Met`a·bo"li·an noun [ See Metabola .] (Zoology) An insect which undergoes a metamorphosis.
Metabolic Met`a·bol"ic adjective [ Greek .... See Metabola .] Metabolisis Met`a·bol"i·sis noun [ New Latin ] Metabolism. [ R.]
Metabolism Me·tab"o·lism noun (Physiol.) The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive ( anabolism ), or destructive ( katabolism ).
Metabolism Me·tab"o·lism noun (Biol.) The series of chemical changes which take place in an organism, by means of which food is manufactured and utilized and waste materials are eliminated.
Metabolite Me·tab"o·lite noun (Physiol Chem.) A product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolic action, as urea.
Metabolize Me·tab"o·lize transitive verb & i. (Physiol.) To change by a metabolic process. See Metabolism .
Metabranchial Met`a·bran"chi·al adjective [ Meta- + branchial .] (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of crabs covering the posterior branchiæ.
Metacarpal Met`a·car"pal adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the metacarpus. -- noun A metacarpal bone.
Metacarpus Met`a·car"pus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ...; ... beyond, between + ... the wrist.] (Anat.) That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla .
Metacenter, -tre Met`a·cen"ter, -tre noun [ Prefix meta- + center .] (Hydrostatics) The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium. » When the metacenter is above the center of gravity, the position of the body is stable; when below it, unstable.
Metacetone Me·tac"e·tone noun [ Prefix met- + acetone .] (Chemistry) A colorless liquid of an agreeable odor, C 6 H 10 O, obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime; -- so called because formerly regarded as a polymeric modification of acetone.
Metachloral Met`a·chlo"ral noun [ Prefix meta- + chloral .] (Chemistry) A white, amorphous, insoluble substance regarded as a polymeric variety of chloral.
Metachronism Me·tach"ro·nism noun [ Greek ..., ..., after the time, happening afterward; ... beyond + ... time: confer French métachronisme .] An error committed in chronology by placing an event after its real time.
Metachrosis Met`a·chro"sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... beyond + ... a coloring.] (Biol.) The power of changing color at will by the expansion of special pigment cells, under nerve influence, as seen in many reptiles, fishes, etc. Cope.
Metacinnabarite Met`a·cin"na·bar·ite noun [ Prefix meta- + cinnabar .] (Min.) Sulphide of mercury in isometric form and black in color.
Metacism Met"a·cism noun [ Latin metacismus , Greek ... fondness for the letter ....] A defect in pronouncing the letter m , or a too frequent use of it.
Metacrolein Met`a·cro"le·in noun [ Prefix met- + acrolein .] (Chemistry) A polymeric modification of acrolein obtained by heating it with caustic potash. It is a crystalline substance having an aromatic odor.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
| Webster > Letter M > Page 54 of 126. « Previous ¦46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 ¦ Next » | SearchTyp a word and hit `Search`.
Recent searchesThe most recent searches on Encyclo. Between brackets you will find the number of results and number of related results.• Drohobych Raion (1) • bulk process (2) • craniorrhachidian (2) • Marilyn Strathern (1) • bulk process (2) • Gab (10) • Visual thinking (1) • Fengtian (1) • Compleat Gentleman, Th (1) • Bradford North (1) • VFW 614 (1) • ignic (2) • Erin Bermingham (1) • Assa Abloy (1) • Inexhaustive (2) • Slavasshøgda (1) • Germanico (1) • Cambyses (6) • Guest (14) • Robert Hawker Dowling (1) • Broadband cable (1) • Sporicide (5) • Qadir Magsi (1) • Payments system (2) |
|||||||||||||||
| © Encyclo MMXII | Contact | Privacy | ||||||||||||||||
